Manifold device for addressing envelops.



F. P. BONHAM. 05cm. F. G- BONHAM, ADMINISTRATRIX MANIFOLD DEVICE FORADDRESSING ENVELOPS.

Patented Feb. 20, 1917.

APPLICATION HLED MAY 5, 915- lla. P0

' Specification of Letters Patent.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that ,FRANoIs P. BONI-IAM, deceased, late a citizen of theUnited States, and resident of the city Francisco, State of California,did invent an mprovement in Manifold Devices for Addressing Envelops, ofwhich the following is [a specification.

ofor ordinary carbon manifold sheets by means of which the address maybe writin the envelop;

' ment to a sh he principal object of the-invention is to produce aninexpensive device-for attachset of. plain paper, carbon paper or thelike forthe above purpose. The device consists of a strip of transferribbon or transfer paper which may easily be attached in proper positionto a sheet of extend carbon paper and when worn out off, thrown away andother strip.

The principal demand .for'such an attachment arises in-mailing circularletters where the address is inserted at the head of each letter, andby'the provision of an arrangement for addressing the envelop at thesame time the work will be very much reduced. The use of the to circularletters.

he above and other objects and the novel the invention will be apparentdescription taken inconfeatures of from the following nectionwith thedrawing in which Figure l is a front view illustratingone embodiment ofthe invention showin onl Z:

so much of thesheets with which itis used application El-S lS necessaryto illustrate its and show ng parts broken away and edges turned toexpose portions of the rear faces of the sheets;

F 1g. 2 is a vertical cross-sectional view taken on the line 2 2, Fig.1,

Fig. 3 is a front view of another embodiment of the invention;

Fig. 4 is a the line 4-4 of F Fig. 5 is a front other embodiment Fig. 6is a detail sectional the line 6-6 .of Fig. 3. 7

Referring to the drawing and particularly Figs. land 2, 10 designates anordinary letview illustrating still an of the invention; and

view taken on and county. of San strip is of course not limited verticalsectional view taken on 7 ENVELOPS.

he construction thus far described is in common use. and is well known.It is deslrable and will save time if when writing the letter and makinga duplicate of it, an envelop can simultaneously be addressed toreceivethe letter. In order to accomplish this in a simple manner, theordinary sheet of carbon paper '13 is provided with a flap or strip 15.The flap or strip 15 is secured to thetop edge of the sheet 13 as at151, and s down over the front side of saidsheet 13 so that its loweredge 16 will be lo= cated-just above the body of the letter- The flapl5'may be about the same width as the envelop 11 and at itsleft handlower corner it is cut away orin'dented as at 17 to leave a spacecorresponding to the Salutation on the letter. The under side of theflap 15, e.,'the-'side thereof which faces the unooated sideof the sheet13,-is coated with transfer maerial as indicated at therefore be obviousthat when the envelop. 11 is placed between the flap 15 and the sheet13, as shown in Figs. 1 M1012, and put into will receive a copy of theaddress print'ed'as the heading of the letter, but will not receive acopy of or any of the body of the letter. side of the joint 151 wherethe flap tached to the sheet 13 serves as a the envelop 11 and with theleft edge sheets serves to correctly position it with reference to theflap 15. I

ere. circular lettersare addressed it will be understood that thesupportingor mounting sheet 13 will be a plain sheet of paper, withoutthe coating 14, and the flap 15 is fastened to theupper edge of thesheet 13 as in Figs. 1 and 2,

he carbon sheet 13 with its strip of transfer material is assembled withthe letter head, envelop and a sheet to receive the carbon impression ofthe letter, and allmay 18. It will the salutation.

of the Patented Feb. so, 1917. J Application filed May 5, 1515.v SerialNo. 26,124.

the letter written on the 55 with adhesive material, 2. 6., between the'on a letter head superposed on said strip, 120

be run into a typewriting machine together The invention is susceptibleof use where vwhere the address will be transferred to the carbon copiesare made, but it is particu- QIII'GiOP. larlysuited to simultaneouslyaddressing on- In Figs. 3, r and 6 is illustrated anothe velops andcircular letters and when so use embodiment of the invention in whichthe the address transfer strip may beattached 70 sheet 21, which is anordinary sheet of carto an ordinary sheet of letter paper the size bonpaper coated on one side with transfer of the circular letter.

material as at 22, has a strip of transfer Having thus described theinvention, what ribbon 23 secured to cover a portion of the 1s Ola-med1s 10 uncoated side thereof." The strip 23 is nar- 1. In a device of theclass described the 75 rowed at its ends and is provided at its endscombination of a supporting sheet coated on with similar securing tabs24, 24 which are one side with transfer material, and a strip glued tothe inner side of the strip 23 and prepared with transfer material saidstrip have free ends adapted to extend around being attached on theuncoated side of said he edges 25, 25 of the carbon sheet 21 and sheetand having a portion thereof separable 89 are prepared with mucilage ontheir sides from said sheet so that an envelop may be which face thecoated side of the sheet 21. slipped between the strip and sheet intosuch 'By means of the adhesive tongues 2a, 24: a position as to receiveonly the address the strip 23 isreadily attachable to both printed on aletter head superposed on said the edges of an ordinary carbon sheetthus strip. i I 7 leaving he intermediate portion separate 2. In adevice of the classi described the so that an envelop, shown in dottedlines, combination of a supporting sheet coated on can be slippedbetween the sheet 21 and the one side with transfer material and a stripstrip 23. The thickness of the tabs 24K, 24:, prepared with transfermaterial, said strip 25 is such that they serve as supports for thebeing attached at one end on the uncoated 99 feed roller as it passesover t e strip and vside of said sheet near the top edge of saidprevents that roller from pressing the strip sheet and having a portionthereof separable against the envelopand disfiguring it and fro-m thesheet sothat an envelop may be causing blurs. The strip 23 has a cut outslipped between the strip and sheet into such part 26 similar to the cutout part 17 of the osition as to re ive only th address flap or strip15, and is for the same purpose. printed on a letter head superposed onsai The strip 23 is attached at such a pointthat strip. it will be inthe position usually occupied 3; In a device of the class-described theV by the address on the letter, the envelop becombination of asupporting sheet coated on 3-5 ing located at the proper position by theone side only with transfer material, and a left hand and the upperedges of the strip prepared with transfer material oversheet 21. rlapping a portion of the uncoated side of The ribbon or fabric strip 23is more dusaid sheet, said stripbeing of such size and rable than apaper strip and will outlast a so attached to'said sheet that an envelop40 number of the latter. I/Vhile the impresmay beslipped between thestrip and sheet sion produced by the ribbon strip 23 'prointo such aposition as to receive from said duces a similar appearance to thecarbon, it transfer material of the strip only the adwill not blur soreadily, and is as permadress printed on a letter head superposed onnent as the ordinary typewritten address. saidstrip. to The ribbon strip23 may be made separately 4. In a device of the class described the 10and used with the ordinary carbon sheet. combination of a supportingsheet coated on In Fig. 5 is illustrated another embodione side withtransfer material, a strip prement of the invention in which a paperpared with transfer material overlapping strip 28 is used. The strip 28consists of a a portion of the uncoated side of said sheet 50 sheet outout as at 29 and is coated on its and having a part of its lower edgeout inner side as at 30 facing the uncoated side away, the strip beingso attached to said of the carbon sheet 31 towhich it is atsheet that anenvelop may 'beslipped betached. The. strip 28 is prepared at the tweenthe strip and sheet into such a posiright hand end of the coated sidethereof tion as to receive only the address printed dotted line 32 andthe right end 33. The said cut-away part being provided to preleft endof the strip .28 may extend to the vent the impression of the salutationon the left edge 3 1 of the sheet 31 and may be envelop.

A free so that it can be lifted up when the 5. In a device of the classdescribed the 60 envelop 112 is slipped into lace as indicombination ofa supporting sheet and a cated in the dotted lines. The strip 28 isstrip prepared with transfer material superpasted to the uncoated sideof the sheet 31 posed on a portion of said sheet near the and in apositlon so that the address will be upper end thereof, a part of saidstrip being transferred to the envelop when written on cut away at thelower left edge thereof, and

65 the letterhead. means whereby said strip is'so attached to i saidsheet near the upper edge thereof that an envelop registered along theupper edge and the upper left edge of the sheet may be 7 positionedbetween the strip and sheet so as to receive only the address printed ona letter head superposed on said strip, the cut-away part of said stripserving to prevent a transfer of the impression of the salutation of theletter head. I

6. A new article of manufacture comprising a strip of transfer materialfor use in addressing envelope or the like simultaneously as letterheads are addressed, said strip being adapted to be secured to asupporting sheet and having means at its ends to space the strip fromthe supporting sheet a disof an envelop.

A new article of manufacture eomprising a supporting sheet coated on oneside with transfer material, and a strip prepared with transfer materialsecured on the uncoated side by said sheet adjacent an edge Copies ofthis patentnzay be obtained for five cents each, by addressingtheCommissioner of Patents,

thereof, said strip being attached on the sheet near its upper edge butterminating at conslderable distance above the'lower edge of said sheetand being separable from op may be slipped beletter-head superposed 8 Anew article of ing a supporting sheet with transfer material having atIts ends whereby said tabs will su' port said strip spaced from thesupporting sheet. v p v In testimony whereof I, administratrix of theestate of FRANCIS P. ONIIAM, deceased, hereunto aflix my signature.

FBANOES GEORGIA BON HAM,

Bonkam, deceased.

Washington, 1). C3

mzbwstmtrim of the estate of Frames P.

